March 10, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Tuesday, June 21st, 2022

Allthenticate closes $3.1M seed round

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| Friday, June 17th, 2022

Green energy startup C-Zero closes $34M funding round

Energy, Latest news, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Friday, June 17th, 2022

Figueroa Mountain buys four LA brewpubs, charts course out of bankruptcy

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| Wednesday, June 15th, 2022

Invoca joins unicorn club with new capital raise

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| Friday, June 10th, 2022

Calavo names new CFO

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Latest news, Regions, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Santa Paula-based produce distributor Calavo Growers appointed its new CFO, Shawn Munsell, before the markets opened on June 10. Munsell is Calavo’s sixth permanent or interim CFO in the past two years. The last permanent CFO, Mariela Matute, stepped down from the position just a few months into the job to pursue another offer. CEO Read More →

| Thursday, June 9th, 2022

Mission Produce shares up despite dip in Q2 earnings

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Regions, Tri-County Public Companies, Ventura County

Oxnard-based Mission Produce, one of the largest avocado distributors in the world, reported its second-quarter earnings on June 8, including an increase in revenue even as net income fell. Mission recorded revenue of $278.1 million in the second quarter, an 18% increase compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company said this was Read More →

| Thursday, June 9th, 2022

Camarillo’s Battery Streak charges ahead with tech to improve batteries

Latest news, Regions, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County

Better batteries are the key to unlocking countless technological and environmental improvements, from longer life cycles on smartphones to hybrid cars that can recharge in minutes instead of hours to a greener electrical grid. Battery Streak, a startup based in Camarillo, is one of the companies leading the charge in that space. It has begun Read More →